A Winter Adventure
We went cross-country skiing in Acadia yesterday. Sam forgot to put the poles in the car. I didn’t think I could ski without poles, but apparently I can. I stayed upright the whole time...
Monthly Archive: January 2025
January
Those dots on the ice are resting seagulls. There’s sea smoke in the background. It was below zero this morning, again. I was able to take a walk in this cold. My face hurt,...
Blue Hill
I made a trip to Blue Hill on Saturday afternoon. It’s just 40 minutes away but it has a very different feeling than my town. How to describe it – more elitist, more liberal,...
Ice along the trail
We’ve had some snow. But before the snow, there was ice. The trail we walked last week will be very treacherous now, with invisible ice under the snow. I’m glad we were able to...
Peaks and views
We hiked in Acadia last week near Southwest Harbor. Two peaks were summited (small ones)! There was some ice on the trail, but we could pick our way around it. First peak – Flying...
Beginnings
Hopeful beginnings, I should say. Both because I have hope for certain results and because success, whatever that means, is not guaranteed. I want to knit a sweater or maybe a vest in this...
Icelandic tales – Hallgrímskirkja
The last of my Icelandic posts. Not much here – we didn’t do this church justice. We didn’t go up in the tower, we didn’t even go into the church very far, just the...